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M, J. PALMER.

SAFETY CL'IP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, 1919.

1,3 1 1 ,574. Patented July 29, 1919.

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MARTIN J. PALMER, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

SAFETY-CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN J. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Seattle, county of King, and State of 'Washingtomhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Clips, of which the followin is a specification.

,My invention re ates to clips or holders adapted forsecurement upon the edge of a garment or fabric, as for instance the type of clip which is often used for the purpose of holding a pencil or penholder in a pocket.

The object of my invention is to provide a or holder of this characterwhich will the wall of the pocket or the edge of other fabric to which it may be applied, so as to prevent the possibility of its being pulled off unless its grip is loosened by some special action deliberately intended for that purpose.

My invention comprises certain novel features of construction, whereby gripping points are provided which normally enter the fabric, so as to prevent removal and in which the action of these gripping points may be neutralized at will.

The special features of my invention on which I desire patent rotection will first be described and then de ned by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown this device in the form of construction which I now prefer to employ.

Figure 1 is a side view of a pen or pencil showing my clip applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a like view but showing the clip in face or front view.

Fig. 3 is a view in which the clip is shown in section along a central longitudinal plane.

Fig. 4 is an edge view of the device in a slightly different form of construction.

Fig. 5 shows, in perspective, a portion of the device in the form of construction shown in Fig. 4.

My invention is adapted for use in connection with any mechanism which it may be desired to secure to the edge of a garment or fabric. I have illustrated it as being used in connection with a pen or a pencil clip, although it would be evident that the safetyholding features of the invention are in a large measure inde endent of the article which is to be held. I will, however, describe Placed in position opposite the bar .1 is. a

bar 3, which forms one arm of the holding cl1p. Interposed between these two bars :1 and 3 is the releasing bar 2. ,Thisreleasing bar is provided with holes, as 20, so'placed as to receive, the pins or points 10. Normally the releasingbar 2,1ies close beside the. surface of the bar 1, as shown in Fig.1. In this condition thepoints'project enoughto securely engage with the side wall of a pocket, or the surface of agarment, or piece of fabric on which the clip .isplaced. In this condition, the device cannot be removed by a straight pull, excepting by rupturing the material 'of'the fabric.

An arm 1, which as the device is .illustrated, is an integral part of the outer bar 3, extends beyond the points of function of the various bars and forms a lever by which the device may be released. By pressing this bar toward the pen or pencil which is held in the device, the releasing bar 2 is bowed outward, or away from the base bar 1 and therefore pushes the fabric off of the holding pins 10. In this position of the parts, it is easy to remove the device from the fabric.

The free end of the releasing bar 2 should be secured against outward movement relative to the base bar 1, as by means of a backwardly bent tip 11 of the said bar 1, which tip extends over the point of the base bar and prevents lateral displacement of the releasing bar, while at the same time permitting a slight longitudinal movement as may {1e required by reason of the bending of this In the device as shownin Figs. 4: and 5, the end of the bar 2 is provided with a T- shaped head 21 and the ba'ckwardly bent tip 11 of the bar 1, is provided with short fingers 12 which engage at opposite sides of the bar 2 and prevent both lateral movement of a said bar and its removal from the socket formed by the tip 11 and the fingers 12.

If this device be grasped so as; to press the arm 4 inward, it may be easily released from the pocket while a direct pull without pressvthe fabric, one of said fingers having fabric engaglng points and a spring releaslng finger fixed at one point and extending between said other fingers and having holes through which said points normally project.

2; A safety clasp adapted to be "secuf 'ed over the edge of a fabric, 'having two opposed fingers adapted to embrace the fabric edge,

one finger I having fabric engaging points projecting'toward the other finger, 'athird A fingerfixed-to andlying between the other two fingers and having 'holesthrough which said points'may project, and means whereby that part 7 of, said third finger which incloses the fabric engaging points maybe'moved away from the finger having theflpoints. 3. A safetyi clasp adapted tofbe secured I pver'an edge v f a pocket or garment,com-

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the bar which carries the points'to disengage the latter from the fabric.

4. A safety clasp for attachment to an edge of a pocket or garment comprising three fingers placed in superposed relationship and fixedly secured together at one end, one of the outer fingers having fabric engaging points in its middle portion and the central finger having holes through which said points normally project, the ends of said two fingers opposite those which are fixedly secured being held against lateral separation and to permit relative longitudinal movement, whereby the'center, finger may be bent to cover the points. U f

5. A safety clamp for attachment to a garment edge, comprising" three fingers 'gagethe garment, the central finger having a 'section between said holes and'the end which is fixedly secured to the outer finger,

which section is offset from said jOuter' finger, the third'finger being secured to said placed in superposed relation, the 'interme} diate or central finger; being-securedby ;one ,end to one ofthe outer fingers, os'ai djouter fi r be n e ra y p ov d l'wi linp i ts and thecentral fingerhavingholesthrough which, said points normally project teen- Signed atSeattle, Washington, 6th v I IM Ril fJ iPe Mli -f five cents each, by addrs s ing the enemies-[qu ue nt nts; Washington, Cr d 57: g v 

